Margaret L. Kripke

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Margaret L. Kripke is an American immunologist. She is an expert in photoimmunology and the immunology of skin cancers. She earned a BS and MS in bacteriology, and a Ph.D in immunology, at the University of California at Berkeley. [1] [2]

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She founded the department of immunology at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in 1983, [3] and served as the cancer center's executive vice president and chief academic officer until her retirement in 2007. [2] After her retirement, Kripke served as special advisor to the provost. [3]

From 1993 to 1994, Kripke served as president of the American Association for Cancer Research. [4]

In 2008, M. D. Anderson established the Margaret Kripke Legend Award "to honor individuals who have enhanced the careers of women in cancer medicine and cancer science". [2] [3]

She served on the President's Cancer Panel from 2003 to 2011. [5] The panel's 2006-2007 report, Promoting Healthy Lifestyles, [6] urged "that the influence of the tobacco industry – particularly on America’s children – be weakened through strict Federal regulation of tobacco product sales and marketing". [7] The panel's 2008-2009 report, Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk: What We Can Do Now, [8] "for the first time highlights the contribution of environmental contaminants to the development of cancer". [9] A 2021 video describes how Dr. Kripke came to rethink her assumptions about the causes of cancer. [10]

In 2013, she was named a Fellow of the American Association for Cancer Research Academy. [11]

From 2012 through 2016, she was the chief scientific officer of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. [12]

She has served on the board of directors of Silent Spring Institute. [13]

In 2020, Kripke called upon the National Cancer Institute to publish information about cancer risks from exposure to chemicals in the environment. [14]

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